the Ming, Suzhou was the site where the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Bento de Góis was robbed and died in 1607 during the exploration that finally established...

小哈尔腾河) both flow through the southern portion of the county. The Sugan Lake [de], which actually comprises the Big Sugan Lake (Chinese: 大苏干湖) and the Little...

Jincheng commandery (jùn), and later of the Jincheng (Golden City) county (xiàn), later renamed Yunwu. From at least the first millennium BC it was a major...

The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China, pp. 26–7. De Ridder, Koen (2001), "The First Diplomatic Contacts between Belgium and China:...

Jonê Zong; local pronunciation: /tɕɔLnɛ/[4]; Chinese: 卓尼县; pinyin: Zhuōní Xiàn) is a county in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province...

and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. 甘肃省统计局、国家统计局甘肃调查总队 (November 2016). 《甘肃发展年鉴－2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7894-0...